- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Chicago Cold War: Ephraim Assefa
- Creator:
- Assefa, Ephraim
Moomey, Kristin - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2012-02-28
- Subject:
- Oral history
Interviews
Cold War
Civil war
Revolutions
Immigrants
Refugees
Refugee camps - Location:
- Ethiopia, 9.0, 39.5
Kenya, 1.0, 38.0
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- In 1992, Ephraim Assefa's family fled war in Ethiopia for a refugee camp in Kenya. Assefa relocated to Chicago in 2006, and an American family helped him settle in the city. From 2012 onward, Assefa worked at the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/257
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2017 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 29:28 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Chicago Cold War Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
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